|
|
|
|
| Author |
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Lacey, WA. USA
Posts: 25,310
|
Look What Followed Me Home - R1200GSA
Well, we actually got home at the same time. 2012 BMW R1200GSA. 34K miles. $8200.
  
__________________
Man of Carbon Fiber (stronger than steel) Mocha 1978 911SC. "Coco" |
||
08-20-2023, 10:10 AM
|
|
|
Back in the saddle again
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Central TX west of Houston
Posts: 56,190
|
Cool. Nice looking bike.
__________________
Steve '08 Boxster RS60 Spyder #0099/1960 - never named a car before, but this is Charlotte. '88 targa  SOLD 2004 - gone but not forgotten
|
||
|
08-20-2023, 10:14 AM
|
|
|
Edministrator
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: SF east bay
Posts: 24,807
|
__________________
Good post? Leave a tip! O - $1 O - $2 O - $3 |
||
|
08-20-2023, 10:15 AM
|
|
|
Model Citizen
Join Date: May 2007
Location: The Voodoo Lounge
Posts: 18,980
|
He likes to keep his R-1200 clean...
It's a clean machine.... Very clean.
__________________
"I would be a tone-deaf heathen if I didn't call the engine astounding. If it had been invented solely to make noise, there would be shrines to it in Rome" |
||
|
08-20-2023, 10:32 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: west michigan
Posts: 26,786
|
Nice! Is it drive-shaft driven? It looks brand new.
I don't know much about BMW bikes.
__________________
78 SC Targa Black....gone 84 Carrera Targa White 98 Honda Prelude 22 Honda Civic SI |
||
|
08-20-2023, 10:33 AM
|
|
|
Edministrator
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: SF east bay
Posts: 24,807
|
Yes. The driveshaft housing becomes the single-sided swingarm. Super cool.
__________________
Good post? Leave a tip! O - $1 O - $2 O - $3 |
||
|
08-20-2023, 10:51 AM
|
|
|
|
Registered
|
Congrats. I rode mine to band practice in Payson, AZ and back yesterday. Next week I ride it to Evansville, IN for work, will leave it there, fly home, fly back a few weeks later and then ride it to a bachelor party in NOLA, then back home to Phoenix. I think it's going to need some love when I get back home.
__________________
2022 BMW 530i 2021 MB GLA250 2020 BMW R1250GS |
||
|
08-20-2023, 01:13 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Higgs Field
Posts: 22,639
|
Congratulations! We need to go for a ride...
__________________
Jeff '72 911T 3.0 MFI '93 Ducati 900 Super Sport "God invented whiskey so the Irish wouldn't rule the world" |
||
|
08-20-2023, 01:22 PM
|
|
|
Slackerous Maximus
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Columbus, OH
Posts: 18,196
|
Nice!
__________________
2022 Royal Enfield Interceptor. 2012 Harley Davidson Road King 2014 Triumph Bonneville T100. 2014 Cayman S, PDK. Mercedes E350 family truckster. |
||
|
08-20-2023, 01:23 PM
|
|
|
Registered
|
Curious why a GSA? I am heavily involved with San Diego BMW MC club, even though I ride a KTM. We’re you looking for a GSA or just stumbled on a great deal?
|
||
|
08-20-2023, 01:39 PM
|
|
|
Registered
|
Congrats, your gonna love it. I love my GSA. I've had a least 3 buddies ride mine and end up buying them.
I really don't think there is a better all around bike made. I've toured on it, I've adventure ridden it and I've ridden it on super twisty roads with dirt tires on and embarrassed competent riders on sport bikes. AFTER 30K hard miles, all I've ever done is service it. The funny thing is before I really rode one, I hated them, thought they were ugly and really just didn't get it. My last friend to buy one, was the same way. Rode mine last year while we were on a 7 day street ride and couldn't believe it. Ordered a new one a month later, now I get a txt telling me how much he loves it, everytime he takes it out. Lol If I could only have one bike in my garage, it would without a question be a GS. Oh BTW, mine hasn't looked that clean since I left the dealership. Looks great!
__________________
Michael |
||
|
08-20-2023, 02:06 PM
|
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Lacey, WA. USA
Posts: 25,310
|
Quote:
Quote:
Then I noticed how popular the GS bikes are. They are friggin' EVERYWHERE. Then this one came along. I thought it would be worth a try. We'll see. If not, I can prolly sell it in a heartbeat. She's a BIG girl and I'm not a big guy, so this fling might not work out but I will give her a fair shot. There will be little or no off-roading for us but many say the GS is ideal for everything including touring. Sort of like a swiss army knife. 
__________________
Man of Carbon Fiber (stronger than steel) Mocha 1978 911SC. "Coco" |
||
|
08-20-2023, 03:49 PM
|
|
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Lacey, WA. USA
Posts: 25,310
|
It does ride nice, though. More nimble than you'd expect for a 564-lb bike.
 Convenient gearing. Pleasant clutch. Nice riding position. Good wind protection. And it does have that grunt I was looking for. Pretty fun. I think this bike will, in fact, do anything. Like they say.
__________________
Man of Carbon Fiber (stronger than steel) Mocha 1978 911SC. "Coco" |
||
|
08-20-2023, 03:59 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Cambridge, MA
Posts: 44,423
|
Wow! Cool bike Jim, congrats! I'll be out this spring to go for a ride!
Put 3 hours on my bike today going down to Newport. Love it! Hope you do yours as much I as do mine! Is there a place for Lois?
__________________
Tru6 Restoration & Design |
||
|
08-20-2023, 04:18 PM
|
|
|
Almost Banned Once
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Adelaide South Australia
Posts: 38,448
|
"Look What Followed Me Home" Oh no... I guess you'll just have to make do
__________________
- Peter |
||
|
08-20-2023, 04:36 PM
|
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Lacey, WA. USA
Posts: 25,310
|
There is a spot for Lois to sit, but I'm not sure she will want to sit there. Not so sure I want her to. Riding is dangerous and I...love her. Which raises the question of why I am riding. Lois loves Clark Kent too. Hmmm....
Oh, to be young and foolish like you. Instead of old and foolish like me.
__________________
Man of Carbon Fiber (stronger than steel) Mocha 1978 911SC. "Coco" |
||
|
08-20-2023, 06:54 PM
|
|
|
Super Moderator
|
That’s a hell of a deal!
__________________
Chris ---------------------------------------------- 1996 993 RS Replica 2023 KTM 890 Adventure R 1971 Norton 750 Commando Alcon Brake Kits |
||
|
08-20-2023, 08:16 PM
|
|
|
Registered
|
Nice bike Sup, but I like the pickup truck in the background better…
|
||
|
08-21-2023, 06:54 AM
|
|
|
Registered ConfUser
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Waterlogged
Posts: 23,577
|
I had a 2017 GSA a few years ago. My only gripe was helmet buffeting above 60 mph that I couldn’t fix short of just removing the windshield. But I hate windshields anyway.
__________________
Mike “I wouldn’t want to live under the conditions a person could get used to”. -My paternal grandmother having immigrated to America shortly before WWll. |
||
|
08-21-2023, 07:16 AM
|
|
|
Registered
|
I just put a larger Puig windscreen on my bike. The newer bikes have a knob you can use to crank the windscreen higher or lower. I can ride at triple digit speeds with my helmet visor up and barely feel a breeze. Not joking.
__________________
2022 BMW 530i 2021 MB GLA250 2020 BMW R1250GS |
||
|
08-21-2023, 07:27 AM
|
|
Only Porsche
Only bike
Carrera
2003 996
04 Jeep
72 Porsche 911T 3.2 
V70R
1970 Porsche 911 S 
1977 Porsche 911S Targa
1986 951 Turbo
2010 Cayman
